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Green Mountain Cyclocross Cat 3 Day 2—2009—VT Verge

I did well in day one of VT Verge. 7th place. With the overnight rain, the abundance of rest, my front row call up and my newly acquired and recently demonstrated bike handling skills, I was confident that I would pull down a good result, perhaps even better than I had done on day one. The course was degraded but rideable. While the moisture made the going slow, the corners remained mostly

MM Racing is Having a Party and You Are Invited–Thursday 10/1/09 7-10 pm

My friends (I am sure that they cringe to see that in print!), Matt Roy and Maureen Bruno Roy are having a party to celebrate the kickoff of what will surely be an incredible cyclocross season.Last year this was the party to attend. All the cool kids were there. This year promises more of the same. Seriously it was a who’s who of New England cyclocross.As always there will be beer, food and

Race Report: Green Mountain Cyclocross Weekend Verge 2008 Cat 3

Saturday’s race saw sunny and warm weather and a dry grassy course. Sunday was misty and damp, with course conditions deteriorating quickly. I got to the starting line of Saturday’s race feeling amped. I was rested and ready. I had a good deep warm up. I was quite nervous since I felt confident that I would earn a respectable result. I had a lofty goal for the 2009 season: beat my friend

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Race Report: Quad Cross 2009–CB Brought the Pain in Three Events: 3/4 35+, Women’s 3/4 and Men’s 4

>As an intro, Quad Cross (had a different name) 2007 was my second cyclocross race. I broke my shoulder in a high speed fall in a fast corner. It ruined my season and put me in PT for the entire winter of 2007/2008. I was careful in that corner this year. Quad Cross is a great little race, local to Boston in Bedford. In fact it is so close that I drove out the evening before the race to

From Heckler to Announcer: Come Check it Out at Quad Cross This Sunday

As some of you know, I am one of most merciless hecklers in New England cyclocross. I am especially known for calling people out for sandbagging and coming up with creative taunts and comments to get a reaction from pinned riders.Apparently my skills have been noticed. I will announcing at Quad ‘Cross this Sunday This morning, I got an email from Ian Sutton, the quiet promotor of Wednesday

Wanna Learn How to Glue Tubulars? I’ll Teach You.

Here’s the rub (see justification below): I am good at gluing tubular tires. I have glued many tires and I have never even come close to rolling one. I am also a teacher by profession. For 0, I’ll take your clean, new tires and clean, glue-free rims and prep them over two days and then teach you how to finish the job on the third day/night. The gluing lesson will take between 1 hour and

Cyclocross Wheel/Tire Selections for 2009.

I don’t like to make excuses for poor performance. For instance there were a few mountain bike races that I didn’t place well in. When asked about the race afterwards, I stated that I was happy with my performance despite my results. What I meant was that my equipment performed well, I evenly dosed my power output over the whole race and my bike handling was good. Results mean nothing if you

Product Review: Ritchey WCS Protocol Wheelset–Great Wheelset for the Money.

My initial impression of these wheels, before I owned them, was that they were flimsy. PVB had a set that he thrashed during a cross season and then on the road. Obviously with a wattage cottage like Pierre, who is known to destroy parts, the wheels gave up under the abuse (PVB later stated that he was happy with the wheels and admitted that they held up well under after he dogged them).I got